Cigar-making machine.



. Patented Sept- 26, |899. J. W. DUNN.

CIGAB MAKING MACHINE.

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No. 633,579. Patentedvsept. 26,1899.

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UMTEE STATES; VPATENT @Erica JOHN w. DUNN, OE NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, AssiGNOE To THE JOHN n.. WILLIAMS COMPANY, OE NEW YORK, N. Y.

ClGAR-MAKING MACHINE.

SPECJIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 633,579, dated September 26, 1899.

Application filed March 2l, 1899. Serial No. 709,906, tNo model.)

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13e it known that I, JOHN NV. DUNN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident Of Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cigar-Making Machines, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in cigar-making machines, and particularly to machines for forming the head end of cigars.

In accordance with my invention the cigar after having been wrapped and while the end of the wrapper is loose and projecting from the end of the cigar ready to be finally applied and the head of the cigar finished in the usual manner is introduced to the machine made the subject hereof, and the said projecting end of the wrapper is by means of said machine and without the employment Of hand labor applied to the end of the cigar and the latter finished to completion.

I have termed the machine made the subject hereof a cigar-heading machine, since, as above indicated, the wrapper is applied by any of the usual methods to the body of the cigar, leaving the end of the wrapper loose at the head of the cigar, and the head of the cigar is then completed by said machine.

I have embodied my invention in the inachine shown in the accompanying drawings, said machine comprising a rotatory frame having a clamp in which the cigar to be finished or headed is placed, a thimble having a cone-shaped recess to receive the head end of the cigar held by the said clamp, a knife for trimming the projectingr portion ot' the leaf at the head end of the cigar, pasting devices for properly applying an adhesive substance to the leaf in order to secure it permanently in place, means for trimming the tuck end ofthe cigar, means for ejecting the cigar lfrom the said rotatory frame after the cigar has been completed,and operative mechanism for actuating the various parts hereinbefore referred to.

The object of the invention is to diminish the time, labor, and expense incidentto finishing the heads of cigars and to produce a machine which will automatically and perfectly finish the cigars, the latter when ejected from the machine being ready for the market.

The invention will be fully understood from the detailed description hereinafter presented, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a top view of a machine constructed in accordance with and embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section of same on the dotted line 2 2 of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is an enlarged top view of a portion of the machine and more particularly that portion which is more directly brought into contact with the cigar under treatment. This figure illustrates the cigar to be headed as det-ached from the machine and as clamped by the machine and as having been ejected in its completed state from the machine. Fig. et is a vertical transverse section. of the machine on the dotted line 4 4 of Fig. l. Fig. 5 is a like section of same on the dotted line 5 5 of Fig. l. section through a portion of the machine on the dotted line G G of Fig. l. Fig. '7 is an enlarged vertical section through a portion of the machine on the dotted line 7 of Fig. 3. Fig. S is an'enlarged end view of the outer or right-hand end of the thimble, within which the head of the cigar is formed. Fig. i) is a detached side elevation of the knife having the several cutters or blades by which the surplus wrapper over-hanging the outer edge of the thimble is severed. Fig. lO is a longitudinal section on the dotted line l0 vlO of Fig. l of that portion of the machine termed herein a hammer-arm7 and pivotally connected with the thimble and through which the paste is applied upon the wrapper. Fig. ll is an enlarged detached side elevation of a portion of the shaft and disk illustrated in Fig. A7 by which the knife shown i'n Fig. S) is held in place. Fig. l2 is a side elevation, partly in section, of a portion ofthe gear mechanism hereinafter described. Fig. 13 is an edge view of same and indicates by the dotted line 12 l2 the sect-ion on which Fig. l2 is taken. Fig. la is an enlarged vertical transverse section through a portion of the operative mechanism, taken on the dotted line 14 14 of Fig. 3 and illustrates more par- Fig. C is a like lOO ticularly the cam for moving the carriage carrying the thimble toward the cigar-clamp. Fig. 15 is a vertical longitudinal section through a portion of the operative mechanism, taken on dotted line 15 15 of Fig. 5 and illustrates more especially the tuck cutter or knife and the means for securing it in place. Fig. 15a is adetached face View of the plate foi-locking the tuck-cutting knifein position. Fig. 16 is a like view of a portion of the operative mechanism, taken on the dotted line 16 16 of Fig. 5 and shows a portion of the ejector-rod and parts thereon. Fig. 17 is a detached side elevation of the cutter employed for trimming the tuck end of the cigar after the latter has been rolled to completion. Fig. 18 is a detached vertical transverse section through a portion of the machine on the dotted line 18 18 of Fig. 3 and illustrating more particularly the clamp for holding the cigar and the ejector for ejecting the nished cigar. This figure illustrates the clamp in its closed position holding the cigar. Fig. 19 is a view substantially corresponding with Fig. 18, but illustrating the clamp in its open position and the cigar as having been ejected from between the members of the clamp by the ejector. Fig. 2O is a detached view looking inward into the thimble within which the head end of the cigar is held while the loose portion of the wrapper is being applied thereto. Fig. 2l is a top view of that portion of the carriage on which the thimble is mounted. Fig. 22 is a bottom view of the said thimble. Fig. 23 is an enlarged vertical transverse section on the dotted line 23 23 of Fig. 2, looking inward at the left-hand end of the machine toward the mechanism for operating the pasting appliances. Fig. 24 is a vertical section vof the pasting mechanism on the dotted line 24 24 of Fig. 23. Fig. 25 is a vertical transverse section through the pasting-cylinder on the dotted line 25 25 of Fig. 24. Figs. 26 to 35, inclusive, are enlarged detailed views of several of the operative cams of the machine and will be specifically referred to hereinafter. Figs. 36 and 37 are detached elevations of the inner or facing sides of the parts of the clutch mechanism by which the motion of the main power-shaft is communicated to or cut off from the auxiliary driving-shaft; and Fig. 38 is an enlarged elevation, looking in the inclined direction of the arrow line 38 38 of Fig. 3, of the parts connected with the carriage which carries the thimble and its coperating parts. l

In the drawings, 50 denotes the main frame and supporting-bed of the machine, 51 the main power-shaft,and 52 the usual belt-wheel, by which power may be applied to the shaft 51 and from said shaft to the operative parts of the machine. Parallel with the powershaft 51 is arranged an auxiliary driving-shaft 45, upon which is loosely mounted a gearwheel 46, which is in constant mesh with the pinion-wheel 47, rigidly mounted upon the driving-shaft 51. The motion of the powershaft 51 is communicated through the pinionwheel 47, gear-wheel 46, and suitable clutch mechanism to the auxiliarydriving-shaft 45. The shaft 45 is provided with clutch mechanism of any suitable character which will automatically cut olf the power of the belt-wheel 52 and shaft 51 from the shaft 45 at the end of each revolution of the latter. The machine will also be provided with a treadle,not shown, but connected to the pitman-rod 53, (see Figs. 2, 4, and 5,) foretfecting the engagement of the clutch and the consequentstartingof the shaft 45 whenever desired. Clutch mechanism for stopping the shaft 45 at the end of each of its revolutions and the treadle for again starting the shaft 45 are well known in this art, and this in vention is not limited to any special means for stopping or starting the shaft 45. In the drawings, however, I illustrate a suitable clutch-and-treadle mechanism, and the same is shown more particularly in Figs. 2, 4, 5, 36, and 37, in which it will be seen that the treadle pitman-rod 53 is connected with the weighted lever-arm 54 and that said arm is formed with the detent 55, adapted to engage the recess 56, formed in the periphery of the disk 57, secured upon the auxiliary driving-shaft 45. V'Vhen the detent 55 is within the recess 56, it will lock the disk 57 and shaft 45 stationary; but when by the pressure of the foot upon the treadle (not shown) the upper weighted end of the leverarm 54 is elevated the disk 57 and shaft 45 may make a complete rotation until the recess 56 again reaches the position in which it will be engaged by the detent 55 and becomes thereby arrested. After the detent- 55 is elevated from the recess 56 the foot of the operator will be removed from the treadle, and the detent 55 will then ride upon the periphery of the disk 57 until it again engages the recess 56 of said disk. The disk 57 is fastened by screws, as shown in Figs. 1, 5, and 37, to the disk 58, which is in close relation to the gear-wheel46, and the clutch mechanism proper is intermediate the disk 58 and the gear-wheel 46, and the details of the clutch mechanism apart from the lever 54 are illustratedin Figs. 36 and 37, Fig. 36 representing an interior view of the clutch mechanism IOO IIO

looking toward the gear-wheel 46 and Fig. 37

being a view looking toward that side of the disk 58 which faces the gear-wheel 4G. The gear-wheel 46 is formed with the annular collar or shoulder 59, inclosing the threearmed or triangular block 60, keyed upon the auxiliary driving-shaft 45 and supporting at the intersecting port-ions of its arms the pivotally-mounted wedges or dogs 61, whose outer curved surfaces are normally held in contact with the inner surfaces of the rim or collar 59 by reason of the tension of the springs 62, as shown in Fig. 36.v The gearwheel 46 is loosely mounted upon the shaft 45, and the block 60 is keyed upon said shaft, and in their normal condition under the vtension of the springs 62 the wedges 6l contact with the rim 59 of said gear-wheel 46 and serve when in the position shown in Fig. 36 to effect the rotation of said wheel 46, block 60, and shaft 45 simultaneously. lVhen the wedges 6l are pressed toward the springs 62, their outer edges are freed of the rim 59 of the gear-wheel 46, and at such time the gearwheel 46 may rotate under the influence of the power-shaft 5l and pinion-wheel 47, but will not at such time impart its motion to the auxiliary driving-shaft 45. The means for moving the wedges 6l toward their springs 62 are illustrated in Fig. 87 and consist simply of the three arms 63, extending from the face of the disk 58 inward within the spaces 64 adjacent to that side of the wedges 6l opposite to their springs 62. The arms 63 have springs 49 to contact with the wedges 6l. As above described, the disk 5S is secured to the recessed disk 57, and hence said disk 5S is, with the disk 57, adapted to be stopped at the end of each of its rotations by the engagement of the detent 55 with the recess 56, formed in said disk 57, and when thus stopped the arms 63 of said disk 5S will aiiord a barrier to the continued rotation ofthe block by obstruct ing the onward motion of the wedges 6l, and thereby compelling said wedges 6l to recede toward their springs 62 and leave the inner surfaces of the rim 59, lforming a part of the gear-wheel 46, under which condition of the wedges 6l the gear-wheel 46 may continue to rotate under the iniiuence of the power-shaft 5l and pinion-wheel 47, but will not communicate its motion vto the block 60 and auxiliary driving-shaft 45. Thus it will be apparent that the power-shaft 5l has a continuous motion imparted to it from the belt-wheel 52 and that the gear-wheel 46 will have a continuous motion with said power-shaft 5l and its pinionwheel 47, but that at the end of each rotation of the auxiliary driving-shaft 45 the latter will be brought to a stop by the automatic engagement of the detent 55 with the recess 56 of the disk 57, said engagement of said detent with said recess acting to check the disk 57 and disk 5S and arrest the arms 63, carried by said disk 5S, in such position that the wedges 6l will move against them and be thereby freed from the rim 59 of the gear-wheel 46, leaving the latter to rotate freely upon the auxiliary driving-shaft 45 without actuating` said shaft. When the detent 55 of the lever 54 is riding upon the edge of the recessed disk 57, the arms 63, carried by the disk 5S, do not aord sufficient resistance to the wedges 6l to turn them from the rim 59, and consequently said arms 63 have at such time no effect upon the wedges 6l and travel with said wedges. The arms 63 only affect the wedges 6l when said arms are arrested, and the wedges 6l are moved against them, with the result of causing said wedges to turn upon their pivotal bearings and free themselves from the rim 59 of the gear-wheel 46. The disk 57 with the disk 5S and arms 63 are automatically arrested at the end of each rotation of the auxiliary driving-shaft 45 by the engagement of the detent 55 with the recess 56, and so long as the detent 55 remains in engagementwith the recess 56 the auxiliary driving-shaft 45 will remain at rest,- while the .power-shaft 5l, pinion-wheel 47, and gear-wheel 46 continue in motion. To restart the auxiliary driving-shaft 45, it will simply be necessary for the operator to press upon the foot-treadle (not shown) and thereby elevate the upper weighted end of the arm 54 in order that the detent 55 may pass upward free of the recess 56, formed in the disk 57, this operation resulting in the freeing of the disks 57 5S and relieving the pressure of the arms 63 from the wedges 61, whereby said wedges 6l are permitted to regain their engagement with the rim 59 of the gear-wheel 46, and under such condition of the clutch mechanism the motion of the power-shaft 51 will be communicated to the auxiliary driving-shaft 45.

The cigar to be headed is held within a clamp 65, as shown in Fig. 3, carried by a rotatory semicylindrical frame 66, and while the cigar is being rotated during the rotation of the frame 66 its head end is located within a thimble 67, the latter being stationary, except that at the proper time, as hereinafter' described, said thimble is moved toward the frame 66 to receive the head end of the cigar, as shown in Fig. 3, and thereafter upon the completion of the cigar said thimble is moved outward from said frame 66 in order to freely release the finished cigar and permit of the automatic ejection of the same into any suitable receiving trough or box. (Indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 3.)

The rotatory frame 66, carrying the cigarclamp 65, receives its motion from the auxiliary driving-shaft 45 and makes about four complete rotations during less than one rota-v tion of said shaft 45, the shaft 45 continuing to rotate for a brief period before completing its one rotation and after the frame 66 has ceased to rotate in order that the tuck end of the cigar may be trimmed, the thimble 67 moved outward from the head end of the cigar, the cigar-clamp opened, andthe ejector acted to dislodge the finished cigar from the clamp 65 and discharge it into the receiving-receptacle. in Fig. 3.)

lt has been described above that the auxiliary driving-shaft45 receives its motion from the power-shaft 5l, and I will now proceed to describe the rotatory frame 66 and the means for imparting to said frame about four rotations during less than one rotation of the auxiliary driving-shaft 45, from which it receives its motion.

The rotatory frame 66 is semicylindrical, and at its outer end is formed with a head 68, mounted to rotate within the bearing 69 and provided with the gear-wheel 80, as shown in Figs. l, 2, 3, and 4. The gear-wheel 80, carried by the frame 66, is in constant engage- (Shown by dotted lines ICO IIO

ment with the gear-wheel 7 O, connected by a sleeve with a pinion-wheel 71, and said sleeve is mounted within the bearing 72 (see Fig. 2) and upon the shaft 73, The wheel and pinion wheel 71 therefore rotate together, and thepinion-wheel 71 receives its motion from the gear-wheel 74, mounted upon the shaft 75, which does not have a continuous motion, but which receives its motion from the pinion-wheel 76, (see Figs. 2, 12, and 13,) which is integral with said gear-wheel 74 and rigid on the shaft 75 and obtains its motion from the segment-gear 77, rigidly mounted upon the shaft 73 adjacent tothe pinionwheel 71, (see Fig. 2,) which is free upon said shaft 73. The segment-gear 77 being rigid upon the shaft 73 receives its motion from said shaft and said shaft 73 receives its motion from the auxiliary driving-shaft 45 (see Fig. 2) through the intermediate and intermeshing gear-wheels 73 and 79. Thus the motion of the auxiliary driving-shaft 45 is communicated through the vgear-wheels 78 and 79 to the shaft 73, and the rotary motionv of the shaft 73 is communicated through the segment-gear 77 to the pinionwheel 76 and gear-wheel 74 and by the latter to the pinion-wheel 71 and gear-wheel 70, which is in direct engagement with the gearwheel 80, directly upon the head (58 of the rotatory frame 66. It will therefore be apparent that during all such time as the segment-gear 77 is in engagement with the pinion-wheel 76 the rotatory frame GG will be enabled to have its movement. l/Vhen the segment-gear 77 passes from engagement with the said pinion-wheel 7G, the latter and the gear-wheel 74 will cease to rotate, and hence it will be apparent that at such time the pinion-wheel 71 and gear-wheel 70 will cease their movement and fail to operate the rotatory frame 66 through gear-Wheel 30. In order that the rotatory frame 6G may be rigidly held at the end of its proper movement and not be affected by momentum or otherwise, I provide, rigid with and intermediate the pinion-wheel 76 and gear-wheel 74, the

locking-plate 31, which when the segmentgear 77 leaves its engagement with the pinion 7G will cause one of its plain curved surfaces 82 to engage the corresponding plain surface S3 of the segment-gear 77, and thus during the continued motion of the shaft 73 and segment-gear 77 (after said gear has left the pinion-wheel 7G) the plain surface 83 of said gear, riding against the curved surface S2 of the locking-plate 81, will in conjunction with said plate 31 prevent the rotation of the shaft 75, pinion-wheel 76, and gearwheel 74, and while the plain surface S3 of the segment-gear 77 is moving against said surface 82 of the locking-plate S1 the rotatory p frame G6 will be locked stationary in its norframe 66 will make about four complete rotations, and after the segment-gear 77 leaves the pinion-Wheel 7 G the rotatory frame 6G will be at rest, but the shaft 73 will continue to complete its rotation for the purpose of actuating certain otherportions of the mechanism hereinafter described, which are timed to operate after the frame 6G has come to a stop.

The movement of the rotatory frame 66 and the mechanism by which said movement is affected having been thus described I will proceed to describe the operative parts more directly connected with said rotatory frame 66 together with the means by which said parts are operated, and first I will refer to the clamp 65 for holding the body of the cigar, as shown in Fig. 3. The clamp 65is carried by the rotatory frame G6 and is illustrated probably more clearly in Figs. 13 and 19. One of the main objects of the special clamp 65 shown is to insure the even, uniform, and central clamping of the cigar-body whether the cigar be ofgreater or less diameter, and to this end the said clamp is formed of two jaws 84 35, the former being bifurcated, as shown in Fig. 3, to receive, when necessary, (as owing to the smallness of the diameter of the cigar,) the jaw 85 and to permit of the pressure of the jaw S5 to be applied centrally with the jaw 34. The jaws S4 S5 are mounted upon the pins 36 37, as shown in Figs. 18 and 19, and the adjacent portions of the shank ends of said jaws 34 35 are toothed and interlnesh, so that said jaws 84 35 must move together and apart simultaneously and with an equal degree of motion, thus equalizing their movement and causing them always to approach a central point represented by a longitudinal line through the'cigar. The normal position of the jaws S4 85 is that when they are open, as shown in Fig. 19, and said jaws are caused toclose together under the tension of the spring SS, connecting them. The jaws 34 S5 are prevented from opening unduly under all circumstances owing to the fact that the jaw 35 when opened to its widest extent will contact with the ejector-rod 89, carried by the frame GG and more fully .referred to hereinafter. The jaws S4 S5 automatically close under the tension of the spring SS and must be opened bya positive force to receive the cigar to be held by them, and therefore upon the upper jaw 84 is provided the projecting arm 90, which at the proper time is acted upon by an arm 91, mounted upon the shaft 75 and carrying at its lower end a roller 93, (see- Fig. 2,) which is adapted to be engaged by the cam 94, secured upon the shaft 73. rlhe cam 94 is shown in side elevation in Fig.` 2G and in an edge view in Fig. 27. The rotation of the shaft 73 and cam 94 operates to elevate the lower end of the arm 91, and consequently to depress the upper end of said arm downward against the arm 90, connected with the upper jaw 34 of' the cigar-clamp, and thus at the startingofthe operation of the machine the cigar-clamp is open to receive the cigar, and this is immediately followed by the projecting portion roo I IO

of the cam 9-1 passing from contact with the lower end of the arm 91 and permitting the upper end of said arm to elevate from the arm 90, the jaws Sl S5 then at once closing under the action of the spring SS, which moves the arm 90 upward to its normal position.

XVhen the machine is not in operation and at rest, the timing of the parts is such that the arm 91 is by means of the cam 94 held downward against the arm 90, connected with the jaw 8l of the cigar-clamp, and thus it may be said that in the inoperative position of the machine the jaws 84.- 85 are held open from one another lo receive thescigar. As soon as the machine is set in motion the protruding portion of the cam 94 leaves the arm 91 and permits the spring 8S to close the jaws 8l 85 upon the cigar placed between them. XVhen the rotatory frame 06 has completed its rotations, the jaws Sl S5 continue to hold the cigar, and in the further. rotation of the shaft 73, while the frame G6 remains stationary, the cam 94, acting upon the arm 91 and through said arm upon the clamp-arm 90,0pens thejaws 8l S5 from the cigar preparatory to the ejection of the latter, and said jaws Si 85 remain in this open position until in the operation of treating another cigar the latter is-placed between said jaws and the machine again set in motion, this immediately resulting in the cam 91 releasing the arm 91 and arm 90 and permitting the jaws Sl 85 to close upon the cigar.

In addition to being provided with the cigar-clamp G5, comprising the jaws Si S5, hereinbefore specifically described the rotatory frame 06 also carries the cutters 95 96 for trimming the tuck end of the cigar and the ejector-arms 97 97 for ejecting the finished cigar from the frame G0 after the latter has come to a stop, and first I will describe the cutters 95 90. These cutters are illustrated in Figs. 3 and 5, (also see' Figs. 15, 15, and 17,) in which it will be seen that the cutter 95 is fastened upon the knife-rod 08, which extends lengthwise of the rotatory frame 6G and has its bearings in said frame. The kniferod 9S is adapted to have a rocking motion, so as to impart to the knife or cutter 95 an oscillating motion. rl`he knife-rod 9S is parallel with the ejector-rod S0, also carried by the frame 0G, as shown in Fig. 3, and upon the knife-rod 9S and ejector-rod S9 is mounted the carriage 99, which carries the cutter 90, the latter, as indicated in Figs. f5 and 5, being held in a dovetailgroove formed in said carriage 99 and heilig adjustable vertically therein by means of the adjusting screw and nut 100. (Shown more clearly in Fig. 5.)

The knife-rod 9S and ejector-rod S9 are car-'i ried by and hence move with the roatory frame 013. The cutter 9G has no independvent movement except during its adjustment by means of the screw and nut 100 and the lcutter 95 has an independent motion imparted to it after thc rotatory frame comes free the cigar.

to a stop, and the means forimparting to the cutter 95 its oscillating motion is shown more clearly in Figs. 2 and 4, in which it will be seen that upon the end of the cutter-rod 9S is secured a segment 101, adapted to he engaged by the teeth of the segment-gear 102, rigidly mounted upon the end of the shaft 73, this segment-gear 102 being adjacent t0 the gearwheel 70, but free of said gearwheel, as shown in Fig. 2. The gear-wheel 70, as above described, comes to a stop simultaneously with the stoppage of the rotatory frame 6G, butsince the shaft 73 continues to rotate l'or a brief period after the gear-wheel comes to a stop the segmentgear 102 will continue on its motion after the rotatory frame 06 stops, and during this brief continued motion of the segment-gear 102 the teeth of the segment-gear 102 willengage the segment 101 on the knife-rod 98 and give said rod 9S a partial rotary motion for the purpose of causing the cutter 95 to turn frontward and downward and coperate with the cutter 96 in trimming off the truck end of the cigar. After the segment-gear 102 leaves the segment 101 the knife-rod 9S and cutter 95 will be restored to their normal position by means of the coiled spring 103. (Shown in Fig. Ll.) 'lhe normal tension of the spring 103 is to hold the cutter 95 in its open posi tion. (Illustrated in Fig. Thus after the rotatory frame 66 has come to a stop the segment-gear 102, coacting with the segment 101 and knife-rod 98, will turn the cutter 95 downward and forward to trim the tuck end ofthe cigar, and this operation is very quickly performed, since there are but few teeth in the segment-gear 102 and segment 101.

After the cutters 95 and 9b' have effected the trimming of the tuck end ofthe cigarthe cutter 95, as above explained, is elevated by the spring 103, and thereupon the ejectorarms 07 97 almost immediately operate to eject the finished cigar, said ejector-arms 97 97 only beingheld from performing their function a sufficient length of time for the clamparms 8l S5 of the cigar-clamp 05 to open and The ejector-arms 97 97 are shown in Fig. 3 in top view, and their outline in side elevation is presented in Fig. 1S, in which it will be seen that the upper portions of the arms 97 are concaved to receive the cigar. Upon reference to Fig. it will be seen that the ejector-arms 97 are secured upon the ejectorrod S9 and that one of said arms 97 is adjacent to the outer side of the cigar-clamp G5 and that the other ejector-arm 97 is adjacent to the carriage 99. Thus the ejector-arms 97 act upon the cigar adjacent to the ends of the latter. The means for operating the ejector-rod S9 in order to cause the ejector-arms 97 to turn upward and forward for the purpose of ejecting the cigar are probably more clearly illustrated in Fig. 4, in which it will be seen that upon the outer end of the ejector-rod S9 is secured the arm 104 and that upon the segment-gear 102 is Igo secured the dog 105. During the rotary motion of the segment-gear 102 and after the latter has operated the cutter 95 and the cigarclamp has opened the dog 1,05 will strike the lower end of the arm 101 on the ejectorrod 89 and turn said rod, and thereby move the ejector-arms 97 upward and forward for the purpose ot' discharging the iinished cigar. As soon as the dog 105 passes the arm 101 the spring 106 (shown in Fig. et) will restore the rod S9 and the ejector-arms 97 97 to their normal position adjacent to the clamp 65 andcarriage 99, as shown in Fig. 3.

In order to adapt the cutters 95 96 and the left-hand ejector-arm 97 to the various lengths of cigars, the said ejector-arm 97 and the carriage 99 are made adjustable upon the knife rod 9S and ejector-rod S9, as indicated in Fig. 3 and in detail in Figs. 15, 15, and 16. `When shorter cigars than that illustrated are to be treated, the carriage 99 (see Fig. 3) will be moved toward the right-hand end of the rotatoryi'rame 66, and when longer cigars than that illustrated are to be treated the carriage 99, with the cutters 95 and 96 and left-hand ejector 97, will be moved on the rods 9S S9 toward the left.

The rotatory frame 66 and the parts carried thereby having now been described, it will be understood that when the cigar to be treated has been placed within the clam p 65 and across the upper portion of the ejector-arms 97 and the machine set in motion the clamp 65 will close upon and hold the cigar, and thereupon the rotatory frame 66 will perform its several rotations and finally come to a stop before the machine itself comes to a rest. After the rotatory frame 66 has come to a stop the next operation, so far as the parts connected with the frame 66 are concerned, is that the cutter 95 will descend and trim oiif the tuck end of the cigar projecting toward the leftover the cutter 96, and the next operation is that the clamp 65 will open and release the nowfinished cigar, and thereupon the ejector-arms 97 will eject the finished cigar and return to their normal position. Then the clamp 65 opens to release the finished cigar, it will remain open until another cigar hasbeen given to the clamp and the machine set in motion. After the cutter 95 has, coacting with the cutter 96, trimmed off the tuck end of the cigar said cutter 95 will at once return to its open position and remain in this position until another cigar shall have been made ready to be trimmed at its tuck end.

In Fig. 17 I illustrate an enlarged detached view of the cutter 95, and in Fig. 15 I presentan enlarged sectional view of a portion of the cutter-rod 9S and carriage 99, and from these views, Figs. 15 and 17, it will be seen that the lower end of the cutter 95 is bifurcated to straddle the rod 9S and is formed with pin holes 108 to pass upon corresponding pins or projections 107 upon the plate 109, slidable upon the rod 98 and adapted to be moved against said cutter 95 by means of the threaded sleeve 110. Upon freeing the sleeve 110 from the plate 109 the latter may be freely moved from contact with the cutter 95, Withdrawing its pins or projections 107 from the pin-holes 10S of said cutter and leave the latter to be withdrawn from the machine for regrinding or for any other desired purpose.

In Fig. 16 I illustrate, on an enlarged scale, a detached sectional view ot' that portion of the carriage 99 which is upon the ejector-rod S9, and therein it will be seen that the ejector-arm 97, adjacent to the carriage 99, is formed with an elongated sleeve 111, which is threaded at its outer end to receive the nuts 112, by which the sleeve 111 and its ejector-arm 97 are properly held within the carriage 99. The ejector-rod S9 is flattened along one surface, and the sleeve 111 is, in effect, keyed to said rod 89 by means of the screw 113, which engages the fiat surface of the rod S9, as shown in Fig. 16. The sleeve 111 turns within the carriage 99, and said sleeve, with the ejector-arm 97, turns with the rod S9.. i

Referring again to Fig. 15, it will be seen that the plate 109 is keyed upon said rod, and that the cutter-rod 98 is grooved and thus the rotatory action of the rod 98 will cause the plate 109 and the cutter 95 to turn with it.

The means for giving to the cigar its rotatory motion, by which the loose portion of the wrapper at the hea-d end of the cigar is caused, by th-e cooperation of other devices to be hereinafter described, to be wrapped around said end, having been described, I Will proceed to a description of the thimble 67 and the parts connected and cooperating therewith by which the loose portion of the wrapper at the head end of the cigar is controlled, trimmed, and caused to be directly and properly wrapped upon and secured to the cigar. j

The thimble 67, with its necessary parts, is shown on a reduced scale in Fig. 1, upon a larger scale in Fig. 3, and in detail in Figs. 6 to 11, inclusive, and in Figs. 20, 22, and V38. The thimble 67 is preferably of metal and contains the substantially conical recess 114 (see Figs. 3 and 20) to receive the head end of the cigar, and said thimble 67 is mounted upon a carriage 115 of any convenient shape, which is mounted on the dovetailed tongue 116', (see Figs. 5, 6, 14, and 38,) formed on a rigid part of the frame of the machine and serving as a guide for the carriage 115 during its usual movement toward and from the ci-A gar-clamp 65. The thimble 67, carried by the carriage 115, is normally in the position shown in Fig. 3 in juxtaposition to the cigar-clamp 65; but when it is necessaryl for the ejector-arms 97 to discharge the finished cigar from the machine the thimble 467and carriage 115 are moved outward toward the right,so that the re cess 114e of said thimble 67 may pass from the head end of the cigar, thus leaving the cigar after the clamp 65 shall have opened free to be ejected bythe ejector-arms 97. The means IOO IIO

for moving the carriage 115 and thimblc 67 toward the cigar-clamp65 and maintaining said thiinble and carriage in their adjusted position toward said cigar-clam p consist simply of the cam 116, whose side rim engages a roller 117, carried by said carriage 115, as shown in Fig. 3 and in det-ail in Fig. 11. The rim ofthe cam 116 during all the time that it is in direct contact with the roller 117 maintains the carriage 115 and thirnble 67 at their inward position near the cigar-clamp 65, as shown in Fig. 3, and said carriage 115, carrying the thimble 67, is kept in Contact with the arm of said cam 116 by means of a coiled spring 11S, fastened at one end to the carriage and at the other end to a rigid por tion of the frame of the machine. The cam 116 has a depressed port-ion or section 119 in its rim, (see Figs. 14, 33, and 31,) and when this depressed portion 119 of the cam 116 arrives at the roller 117 of the carriage 115 the spring 11S will draw said roller into said de pressed portion 119, and thus at this time the carriage 115, with the thimble 67, is by mea-ns of said spring 11S drawn toward the right to an extent equal to said depression 119. The movement of the roller 117 into said depression 119 of the cam 1 16 has the effect of withdrawing the thimble 67 from the head of the cigar, so as to allow the cigar thereafter then finished to be ejected from the machine. Prior to the machine coming to a stop the depressed portion 119 of the cam 116 passes beyond the roller 117, and the projecting rim of said cam 116 again reaches the roller 117 and moves the carriage 115 and thimble 67 back to their normal operative position, and thus after the iinished cigarhas been ejected and before the machine comes to a final rest the thimble 67 will be restored to its normal position to receive the head end of the next cigar to be treated. The cam 116 is mounted upon the shaft 73 and revolves with that shaft, which carries the cam 91, hereinbefore described, (for opening the cigar-clamp 65,) as well as other cams, which will be hereinafter described.

The cam 116 is shown in detailin Figs. 33, 31, and 35, Fig. 33 showing one face of the cam with the rim which engages the wheel 117 connected with the carriage 115, and Fig. 35 showing the opposite face of this cam 116. Fig. 34illustratesan edge view of the cam 116.

The thimble 67, having' the conical recess 114, is provided with the concave leaf-spring 120, (shown in Fig. 20,) which leaf-spring is held at its outer end upon the flat rigid portion of the thimble 67, as shown in Fig. 20, and thence curves inward on a line substantially conforming to, but not normally contacting with, the walls of the recess 114. The form of the leaf-spring 120 represents the section of a cone, being smaller at its innerend than at its outer end and forming a gradual taper from its inner end outward toward its outer end. The leaf-spring 120 is of special importan ce in that by rea-sou thereof the recess 11-1 of the thimble 67 is rendered self-adaptable to the varying sizes and conditions of the head ends of cigars. The spring 120 is of thin sensitive yielding material, so that it may move downward toward the walls of the recess 111 under the pressure of the head end of the cigar under treatment; but said spring 1201s to be sufficiently firm to maintain a yielding pressure against the head of the cigar, so as to keep the wrapper firmly in place and to insure the proper application of the loose portion ofthe wrapper to the end of the cigar. The spring 120 should not normally contact with the lower walls of the recess 114, since if it did it would have no upward pressure against the end of cigars and would not adapt itself to exert pressure against cigars varying in diameter at the saidend. The form of the spring 120 is also such that its upward pressure is always exerted to keep the cigar-head in central alinement with the cigar. During the revoluble motion of the cigar-head within the recess 111 of the thimble 67 the cigar is turned (looking at Fig. 20) downward and around toward the left, and thus the inner edge of the spring 120 cannot tear or injure the cigar. The outer edge of the spring 120 laps over upon the thimble in the form of a securing plate or ear 121. Thus an unbroken smooth surface is presented to receive the cigar during its rotary motion downward and toward the left.

The thimble 67 is employed in conjunction with means for applying paste upon the cigarwrapper, a cutter for trimming off that portion of the wrapper which may overhang the outer angular side of the thimble, means for lightly hammering the wrapper as it draws around the cigar, and means for turning downward the overhanging portion of the wrapper beyond the thimble, and these several parts will now be described. Theknite 123 for trimming off the surplus portion of the wrapper overhanging the outerangular side of the t-hiinble 67is illustrated on an enlargedv scale in Fig. 9, and it is carried by the rock-shaft 122, mounted upon the carriage 115, as shown in Figs. 3, 6, 7, 11, and 38. The said knife 123 is bifurcated to straddle t-hc end of the shaft. 122, as shown in Fig. 7, and is provided with the pin-holes 124 to pass upon the pins 125, secured to the disk 126, fastened upon said shaft 122. One end of the shaft 122 is provided with a head 127, Fig. 7, while the other end ofsaid shaft freely enters a socket 128formed in a bracket of the t-himble 67. The shaft 122 is maintained in the normal position shown in Fig. 7 by means of the coiled spring 129, which keeps the disk 126 pressed against the knife 123, so that the pins 125, carried by said disk 126, shall normally remain within the pin-holes 12Jc of said knife 123, and thus normally the knife 123 is keyed to the shaft 122 by reason of the engagement of said pins 125 with the pin-holes 124.

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move the knife 123 from the machine, it will be observed that to accomplish this result it will simply be necessary to pull on thc head 127 of the shaft 122, and thus the shaft 122 will be drawn outward and the pins 125 will leave the pin-holes 121 and leave the knife 123 entirely free to be removed. This feature of the construction is desirable in that it renders it so easy and convenient to remove and replace the knife 123 without loosening any screws or disturbing the operative parts of the machine. The knife 123 is of thin material, and consequently the pins 125 are very short, and only a very slight movement outward of the shaft 122 is necessary to permit of the removal of the knife 123 or its replacement in position. The knife 123 has an oscillating motion imparted to it from the rock-shaft 122, and this motion is communicated to the shaft 122 from the segment-gear130, (see Figs. 6, 7, and 38,) fulcrumed upon the shaft 131, also carried by the carriage 115. The segment 130 is maintained in its normal position (shown in Fig. 1) by a simple coiled spring 132 and is given a downward-and-outward motion to effect the proper movement of the knife 123 by means of the lever-arm 133, which engages an arm 131, formed on said segment. The downwardand-forward motion of the segment 130 effects, through the pinion-wheel 135, secured upon the shaft 122, a rotary motion to said shaft 122, and at such time and under such force the knife 123 performs its downward-and-forward cut along the outer angular side of the thimble 67 and removes the surplus portion of the wrapper overhanging the thimble. The knife 123 does not make one straight cut removing at once all of the wrapper overhanging the edge of the thimble IS7; but, as illustrated in Figs. (i and 9, said knife is formed with the several blades 136, which make proper cuts into the overhanging portion of the wrapper until, when the knife 123 has completed its movement, all of the surplus portion of the wrapper is removed. It is necessary, therefore, that the segment 130 shall have a regulated motion, so as not to instantly drive all of the blades 13G of the knife 123 instantly against the overhanging portion of the cigar-wrapper, and to this end I regulate the pressure of the lever-arm 133 against the upper arm 131 of the segment 130 by means of a cam 137, which is shown in detail in Figs. 30, 31, and 32, Fig. 30 showing one face of the cam, Fig. 32 the opposite face of the cam, and Fig. 31 an edge view of the cam. The cam 137 is shown in its operative position in Fig. G, and said cam is formed with the depressed portion 138, the series of projecting portions 139, and the continuous evcn surface 140, and the lower end of the lever-arm 133 is, as shown in Fig. (i, provided with a roller against which the surfaces of said cam 137 move. The lever-arm 133 is fulcrumed upon the shaft 7 5 and has its lower end against the cam 137. While the depressed portion 138 of the cam 137 is moving against the lower end of the lever-arm 133, thc upper end of said arm will be practically free of the segment-arm 131, and hence at this time the segment 130 will be in its normal position, (shown in Fig. 6,) with the blades 136 of the knife 123 in their upward position free of the cigar-wrapper. Vhen, however, the series of projections 139 of said cam y131 reach the lower end of the lever-arm 133, the upper end of said leverarm will act upon the segment 130 to turn the knife 123 downward and forward with varying thrusts, according to the variation in the projections 139 of the cam 137, and thus by a varied motion compelling the different blades 13b' of the knife 123 to perform their function of removing the surplus wrapper in a manner not to interfere with the proper application of the wrapper to the end of the cigar without leaving thereon any small projecting pointed termination, such as will occur usually under many conditions of the tobacco-leaf where only a single blade is used for cutting off the edge of the cigar-wrapper. After vthe highest and last of the projections 139 reaches and passes against the lower end of the lever-arm 133 the knife 123 will have been turned to its eXtreme lower position and will have completely severed thesurplus portion of the cigar-wrapper, and at this time the smooth even portion 140 of the cam 137 performs its function, which is to maintain during the rotary motion of the cigar-carrying frame 66 the knife 123 in its lower position, said knife 123 thus after having trimmed off the surplus cigar-wrapper being held in its lower position during the rolling of the cigar and serving to close any small opening which may be at the end of the recess 114 in the thimble 67. After the smooth even portion 140 of the cam 137 passes from contact with the lower end of the lever-arm 133 the latter will quickly descend into the depressed portion 138 of said cam 137, and thus allow the segment 130 to return to its normal npward position and the knife 123 to return to its normal upward position, as shown in Fig. 6. The depressed portion 138 of the cam 137 reaches the lower end of the lever-arm 133 before the machine comes to astop, and thus when the machine does come to a stop the knife 123 is left in its upward position preparatory to its use upon the next cigar introduced to the machine. Different classes of leaf-tobacco seem to require different treatment, and thusin the construction of the cam 137 I provide upon one face the adjustable plate 141 and upon the opposite face the adjustable plate 142, (see Figs. 30, 31, and 32,) and the outer edges of these plates aid in forming the projections 139. By reason of the adjustment of the plates 141 and 142 I am enabled to vary the thrusts which the cam 137 imparts to the knife 123.

Upon'the outer angular side of the thimble 67 is secured the steel plate 143, which affords a suitable edge for the knife 123 and IOO IIO

between which (see Fig. 8) and the thin plate 144 the blades of the knife 123 have their movement.

The means for folding and guiding the projecting portion of the wrapper overhanging the outer angular side of the thimble 67 is illustrated in Figs. 1, 3, and 38, and consist of the hinged arm 145, (shown more clearly in Figs. 3 and 38,) which is carried by the arm 146, swiveled on an ordinary pin 147 to the hinged lug 200 and having the rearwardlyprojecting arm 148 to be engaged by the cam 116, the detail of which cam is illustrated in Figs. 33, 34, and 35. The folder or guiding arm 145 is shown in its normal inoperative position in Figs. 3 and 38, the same being held in this position normally by means of the coiled sprin g 149, which acts to press the outer end of the arm 148 toward the cam 116. When the machine startsin motion, the cam 116 and arm 148 are in the position in which they are illustrated in Fig. 11, and the first operation of the cam 116 is to bring the curved edge 201 (see Fig. 34) against said arm 148 and with the effect of pressing the arm 148 rearward, and consequently of turning the front end of the folder-arm 145 frontward to a position in line with the front portion of the outer angular side of the thimble 67, but leav-` ing the front end of said arm 145 at a higher elevation than the upper surface of said thimble. The continued motion of the cam 116 toward the arm 148 brings the elevated portions 150 and 151 against said arm 148, and this turns the rear end of said arm 148 upward, and consequently turns the front end of the arm 145 downward, this move ment causing the front end of the arm 145 to move downward over the overhanging edge of the loose cigar-wrapper and turning the same evenly downward along the outer angular side of the thimble 67, the outer end of the arm 145 coming to a stop upon reaching a position slightly below the level of the upper surface of the thimble 67. The arm 145 is maintained a definite length of time in its lower position nearly horizontal with the upper edge of the thimble 67 by reason of the fact that the smooth edge 152 of the cam 116 is moving in Contact with the end of the arm 148, but while the smooth edge 152 of the cam 116 is moving against the arm 148 and preserving the front end of the arm 145 about horizontally with the upper surface of the thimble 67 the shoulder 153, Fig. 38, on the arm 148 is being acted upon by the gradual taper incline 154 on said cam 116, and thus while in its aforesaid horizontal relation with the thimble 67 the outer end of the arm 145 is allowed to gradually recede rearward toward the rear portion of the thimble 67, thus gradually releasing the cigarwrapper, so that the same may be properly turned inward around the head end of the cigar. This grad ual inward-receding motion of the arm 145 takes place while the smooth portion 152. of the cam 116 is acting against the outercnd of the arm 148 and while the incline 154 of said cam is allowing the rearend of the arm 148 under the pressure of the spring 202,

- Fig. 38,to gradually tu rn toward the front,and

when the end of the smooth surface 152 has reached the end of the arm 148 the latter will under the force of the spring 149 pass down from said smooth surface 152 to the adjacent lower surfaces of the cam 116, and at this instant the downward motion of the arm 148 causes the folder-arm 145 to turn upward to its normal inoperative position, where it remains untilthe next cigar to be treated is introduced to the machine. The rearward horizontal receding motion of the folder-arm 145 takes place while the cigar is being rolled, and its nal upward motion toits normal inoperative position takes place before the revoluble frame 66 has come to a stop and before the knife 123 has ascended to its normal position. The arms 148 and 145 being connected together,as byaframe,may have a hinged movement under the action of the cam 116 and also a pivotal or axial motion on the pivot 147, and thus the one cam 116 may be utilized to eiect the motion above described for the folder-arm 145. The arm 145 aids in controlling the loose overhanging portion of the cigar-wrapper, in keeping said wrapper from being wrinkled while being drawn into the thimble 67, in holding the wrapper smoothly while being operated upon by the knife 123, and in creating just enough tension on said leaf to insure its proper inward travel in proper condition to and around the head end of the cigar. The arm 145 is hinged to the arm 148, and the inclination and position of the arm 145 may be adjusted at will by means of the adjustingscrew 203, (see Fig. 38,) whose point presses against the arm 146. By screwing the screw 203 downward it will cause the front end of the arm 145 to assume a more elevated position.

The means for hammering and directing the paste to the upper surface of the wrapper fed ont-o the cigar comprises a pivotallymounted arm 155, which is connected with the paste mechanism by a exible tube 156 and is illustrated in posit-ion in Figs. 1, 5, and 6 and on an enlarged scale and in greater detail in Figs. 8, 10, and 20. l will for convenience designate the arm 155 as a hammerarm, and upon reference to Figs. 6 and 8 it will be seen that this arm is mounted upon the outer end of the shaft 157, which, as shown in Fig. 7, is in alinement with the shaft 131 and is mounted in a bracket which rises from the thimble 67. In Fig. 7 the hub portion of the hammer-arm 155 isillustrated upon said shaft 157, and in this figure I illustrate a usual coiled spring 159, whose office is to place the outer hollow end of the arm 155 under a normal upward tension. The arm 155 is adapted to have an oscillatory motion and is provided with the rearwardly-extending arm or eXtension 160, which during the operation of the machine is acted upon by the pivoted leverarm 161, mounted upon the shaft 75 and en- IOO IIO 

